[pygame] Re: Stand-alone executables

[Daniel McNeese <dgmcnees@xxxxxxxxx>]

Bob Ippolito <bob@...> writes:

> Intel doesn't make PCs either. They make processors. Macs and PCs use
> the same line of intel processors. Macs used to use Motorola or IBM
> PPC processors, but no current models do.
> 
>

Okay, I get this.  But...

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> > > No, of course not. There's not a free Windows either. Mac OS X is very
> > > particular about hardware though.
>
>

...Why would a mac OS refuse to run on a PC if the same kind of processor is 
involved?

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> 
> That is correct. An intel mac would also let you use Windows in
> virtualization (or on another partition). One machine gets you
> everything (32-bit). If it has a Core 2 Duo processor you can also do
> the x86-64 builds.
> 

Then I guess the issue now is affording a mac.  I'll have to start pricing...